Phil Kellard and Tom Moore (Tonight Show / SNL / Thicke of the Night / Hooperman / Doogie Howser MD)

<p>Phil and Tom talk about early influences (Phil - Marx Brothers, Preston Sturges, Tom - Little Rascals, Bob Newhart, Johnny Carson, Woody Allen); Tom's father being head of ABC; taking ratings books to school; having Elizabeth Montgomery over for dinner); Phil gets the acting bug in high school and becomes a playwright in San Fransisco; Tom breaks his leg and watches Johnny Carson every night and dreams of being a writer; <em>Tonight Show</em> position opens up; Johnny's writers are &nbsp;not segregated; Tom writes desk pieces; Phil wrote for <em>Hollywood Squares</em>; Phil on having to write for each character; infamous lunch break; Saturday night is biggest night for TV; Tom writes for <em>Cos</em>; Phil writes for Perry Como &amp; Andy Williams; both write for Rock 'n' America; Tom writes for <em>Richard Pryor Show</em>; Richard throws out all sketches written in pre-production;&nbsp;working with Richard Pryor; various sketches; Paul Mooney; <em>Thicke of the Night</em>; Ralph the runner; writer Jeremy Stevens car gets crushed by Robin Thicke; massive ton of unused sketches; Arnie Kogan; Alan Thicke make sure theme song plays in and out of commercials to get royalties; <em>Fernwood Tonight</em>; Norman Lear; Fred Willard; being head writer for 7 episodes of <em>Saturday Night Live</em>; Charles Rocket; small staff and budget hinders show; Michael O'Donoghue; Tom writes a sketch for Eddie Murphy; Phil and Tom officially become a writing team on <em>The Redd Foxx Show</em> (1986); Sinbad, Pamela Segall Adlon, recurring cast changes; learning about writing a sitcom on the fly; writing on of the most popular episodes of <em>My Two Dads</em>; Dick Butkus; <em>Hooperman</em>; John Ritter; writing their best script - <em>Hooperman</em> episode "Who Do You Truss"; <em>Doogie Howser, MD</em>; Mayim Bialik's first tv role; <em>Drexell's Class</em>; introducing America to Tupac, Jason Biggs, and Brittany Murphy; <em>Drexell</em> getting canceled and moving on to the show that replaced it, <em>Martin</em>; working with